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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil






2. Where the revolving door was fully developed






3. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






4. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






5. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






6. Known for his glass sculpture






7. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






8. Application of potassium sulphide






9. To raise a relief design on the surface of paper through pressure-raised paper to form image - with or without ink printed






10. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






11. A philosophical doctrine and literary and dramatic movement that insists on the existence of individuals as basic and important. believes that the world is inhernetly meaningless and individuals must find meaning in their literal - concrete existence






12. Pale green






13. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






14. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






15. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






16. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)






17. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






18. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






19. Something that supports a sculpture






20. A style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s - modern technique with which a painter creates optical illusions with the use of dazzling patterns - abstract art athat uses geometric shapes and vivid colors to create optical illusions - such as an il






21. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






22. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






23. Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure - Fusing two pieces of material using a heat process; most commonly used with metal and plastics






24. The dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue - green - and so forth.






25. Network Interface Card; the device that enables a workstation to connect to the network and communicate with other computers.






26. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops






27. An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing - An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing






28. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






29. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry






30. The amount of light reflected by a hue






31. Creates blue dye






32. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






33. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






34. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






35. An enameling technique in which thin wire partitions-cloisons-are filled with enamel. It is an art form practiced in ancient Byzantium






36. Paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions - sensations - or ideas rather than actual appearances






37. Joining small pieces of metal together using molten metal - bonding metals and alloys that melt at temperatures below 840






38. Journalist who questioned the policies of the governor of New York in the 1700's. He was jailed; he sued - and this court case was the basis for our freedom of speech and press. He was found not guilty.






39. Process of smoothing metal surface witha flat or slightly round-faced hammer






40. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






41. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






42. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






43. This technique is so called because its finished prints often resemble watercolors or wash drawings. It is a favorite method of printmakers to achieve a wide range of tonal values. The technique consists of exposing the plate to acid through a layer






44. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






45. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






46. Renowned for paintings and prints






47. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






48. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






49. Watercolor with inert white pigment mixed in. Inert pigment is pigment that becomes colorless or virtually colorless paint. In gouache - it serves to make the color opaque - which means it is used at full length - watercolor mixed with a high concent






50. Technique of shading using dots to control value